Check-controlled machine



A.-D. ANTOINEAND C. C. TRAVIS CHECK CONTROLLED MACHINE; APPLICKTION FILED APR. 19.11911.

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ALEREn n. ANTOINE, OF CHICAGO, AND cLARENcE c. TRAVIS, 0E EVANSTON, ILLI- NcIs, ASSIGNORS T0 AnvANcE MACHINE 00., OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A coRPoRA- TION 0E ILLINOIS.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that we, ALFRED D. ANTOINE and CLARENCE C. TnAvIs, citizens of the United States, residing, respectively, in Chicago and Evanston, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Check-Controlled Machines, of which the following is specification.

This invention relates to improvements in check controlled machines of the electric type, whereby upon the insertion or deposit of a check, of the proper character, and the operation of the machine, the operatorwill receive an electric shock, the volume of current being under control of the operator,

and the duration of the electric current bein predetermined.

A further object is to provide an improved machine of this character, embodying means whereby the volume of the electric current may be varied. I

A further object is to provide an improved machine of this character embodying mechanism for controlling the duration of the electric current, and which mechanism may be readily detached and removed from the machine as a unit without interfering with any of the other parts or necessitating the dismantling of the machine.

A further object is to provide check controlled mechanism embodying acheck carrier and actuating mechanism therefor, and improved means whereby the carrier and actuating mechanism will be locked against actuation until a check of the proper character is inserted thereinto.

To the attainment of these ends and the accomplishment of other new and useful ob.- jects as will appear, the invention consists in the features of novelty in substantially the construction, combination and arrangement of the several parts hereinafter more fully described and claimed and shown in the accompanying drawin s illustrating the invention and in which:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a portion of a machine of this-character, constructed in accordance with the principles of this invention.

Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the parts shown in Fig. 1.

CHECK-CONTROLLED MACHINE.

Patented Mar. 8. 1921.

Application filed April 19, 1917. Serial No. 163,293.

Fig. 3 is a left hand end elevation of the parts shown in Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a detail sectional View taken on the kne l- 1, Fig. 8 of the clock mechanism or motor.

Fig. 5 is a detail sectional view of the spring drum and ratchet mechanism.

Fig. 6 is a sectional view taken on line 66, Fig. 5.

Fig. 7 is a detail horizontal sectional view of one of the anism.

Fig. 8 is av right hand end elevation of the parts shown in Fig. 4.

Fig. 9 is a detail sectional view taken on line 99, Fig. 5.

gear wheels of the clock mech- Fig. 10 is a detail sectional view taken on line 1010, Fig. 9.

Fig. 11, is a diagrammatic view of the circuit. r v

Fig. 12, is a view in side elevation of the locking device for the check carrier.

Fig. 13, is a top plan view of the parts shown in Fig. 12.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, the numeral 15 designatesa supporting frame or member upon which all of the parts are mounted and this member is provided with a slot or opening 16 through which an indicating gage 17 is visible andover which gage a hand or pointer 18 is adapted to be-moved by the manipulation of a handle 19, and which handle is preferably in the formof a knob adapted to be rotated, so that when the grip upon the handle is released, after having been moved in one direction against the stress of a spring 20, the handle will slip in the" hand of the operator. A cooperating handle 21' is also provided and is secured to the support 15. r

The handle 19 is connected with the pointer 18, by means of a suitable'link 22 and the pointer is pivotally mounted as at 23.

Supported in any suitable manner and adjacent therear of the support 15: is a magnetic core over which a'sleeve 24 operates and this sleeve is adapted to be-moved length wise of the core to vary the magnetic field, through the medium of a suitable link connection'24 'with 'the handle 19,. and the sleeve is adapted to be moved simultaneously with the pointer 18. When the handle is released, the elastic member '20 will return the handle, the pointer and the sleeve 2a to their normal positions.

The core is provided with a primary Winding 25, one extremity of which winding is connected with a battery 26. A vibrator and is connected with the primary winding.- Thevibrator also has connection with a make and break device-28, adapted to co-v 'which'mov'es .over the prin'iary winding 25 is connected by one end by means of aconductor 31 with the shift able handle 19, while the other end of thesecondary winding is connected by means of a conductor 32 with the other handle 21, so that when the operator grasps both of the handles and shifts the handle 19, the secondary winding or sleeve 2% will be shifted over the primary winding to vary the strength of the magnetic field. 1 Y 7 The sleeve or secondary winding is formed of a series of superposed windings and one portion of the sleeve is provided with a greater number of superposed layers or superposed windings than the remaining portion sothat the magnetic field will be of greater strength when the-portion having the greater number of windings is moved over the primary. V i

The shiftable contact lever 28 which eooperates with the contact 29 is preferably pivotally mounted intermediateits ends as at 33,-so that one end'thereof will be in a position to be engaged and to be moved out of engagement with the contact 29. The other end 34 of the contact lever 28 is adapted to beengaged and shifted in a manner to be hereinafter described, against the stress ofan elastic member 35, to render the circuit drum which is constructed of a single piece" of sheet material shaped to form a body portion 36 having a peripheral. laterallyprojecting flange 37and a hub 38. Portions of the bodyv 36 are cut away and deflected as at 39, to form laterally projecting ears, constituting portions of a ratchet mechanism.

A gear 40 is also provided and is preferably cut from a single piece of sheet-material.

This gear is provided in its body with an opening 41. therethrough, through which openingthe end 42 of a pawl 43 is adapted to pass and this pawl43 is anchored as at predetermined. e

ea to the face 01" the gear 40,011 the face ad acent which the drum 1S arrangedso that yield when the is moving in one diree- 'tion with respect to, the drum and will be rigidwhen the gear is moving in another L 3 H a; 18 provided adyacemthe ear. or we eoie direction with respect to the drum.

The gearing of the traiir'comprises a gear 5'15, formed from a single piece of sheetmaterial, having an opening 45 at its diametrie center. The hub of the gear is formed of a single piece of sheet material, having a body portion ll provided with an opening 48 therethrough and a series of r:

7 these latter portions are then passed through radially arranged: openings around .the

opening 46in thefgear. The ext'remities of V the port1ons'l9 on the opposite side of the gear 45 arekleflected inwardly as at 50 so that the parts will be firmly secured together. r

The vibratory lever, cooperates with the;

escapement whe'el5l and the lever is constructed from a single piece of sheet material, formed to produce trunnions 52 which arfe'journaledin suitable supports and oppositely disposed arms'58L Thelever is also. shaped to' form spaced pallets 5-1, which cooperatewith'the escapement wheel 51. The lever thus formed is counter-balanced by means of weights 55, adjustably mounted thereon, and by means of which weights the vibratory movement of the pallet and arm may be controlled The flange 37 of the drum is preferably grooved as shown more clearly'in Fig. 8. and. cooperating with'the drum is a coiled spring 56, one end of which is anchored to a fired support as at 57, and'the other end er the spring is secured as at 58 to the drum so that when thedrum is rotated in one direction, the coil spring will be. wound around the periphery of the drum to be seated in the groove, while at the same time, a tension will be exerted upon the spring. hen the mechanism is released, the stress of the spring will rotate the drum in the opposite direction and the 'motor will unwind, the unwinding movement being controlled by the; escapement mechanism. By the adjustment of the weights 55' on the arms 58, it will bemanifest that the speed of operation of the. motor willbe controlled or Secured to the shaft 59, to which the drum is connected and on the outside of the motor is an arm 60, preferably in the form of a cam which is adapted to engage the end 34 of the contact member 28 to shift the latter.

The motor mechanismthus described constitutes a single unit and .is adapted to be secured to any fixed support, preferably the support 15, in such a manner that the arm 60 will be located in close proximity to and beneath the end 34 of the contact 28, preferably a shoulder 34 on the contact and the motor is secured in position in such a manher that it is entirely detached or separate from any of the other operating mechanism so that by removing the fastening devices of the motor, the motor may be readily and bodily removed as a unit from the machine and without dismantling any of the parts.

Arranged on the exterior of the support 15 is a check controlled mechanism 61, having an operating handle 62 so that when a check of a proper denomination is deposited in the entrance opening 63 of the check slotor passage and the handle 62 operated, an element 6% having a cam shaped periphery 65 and a projection or shoulder 66 may be rotated so that the cam face 65 will engage the portion 34: of the contact 28 to hold the latter in a position to render the circuit inactive, while a further rotation of the element- 64 will cause the projection or shoulder 66 to engage the arm 60 of the clock mechanism or motor and shift the latter to rotate the drum to wind the spring 56 thereon for storing energy in the motor. As soon as the arm 60 passes out of engagement with the portion 34 of the contact'28, it will be manifest that the elastic member 35 will tend to shift the contact and thereby render the circuit active, before the handle 62 is released and the check ejected from the mechanism, were it not for the fact that the cam surface 65 of the element 6% holds the contact 28 in a position that the circuit will be main tained inactive until the check controlled mechanism is returned to normal position/ When the element 6% is rotated, stress will be exerted upon an elastic member 67, which is connected with the element, so that when the handle 62 is released, the energy thus stored in the elastic member will move or rotate the element 64: back to its normal position.

After the arm 60 has'been moved by the projection or shoulder 66 from the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2, to store en ergy in the motor, and the check controlled mechanism is returned, to normal position, the cam shaped surface 65 will pass out of engagement with the portion 34 of the contact 28 and the elastic member 35 will shift the contact 28 to renderthe circuit active,

the arm 60 being maintained by the clock mechanism in its adjusted position. As soon as the arm 60 is released,the clock mechanism will operate and the escapement will permit the energy stored in the motor to be expended, the circuit being maintained ac tive until the energy is expended. This clock mechanism therefore, it will be seen, controls the duration of time the current is to'be dispensed to the operator. As soon as the arm 60 engages the contact 28, it will shift the latter and the circuit will be rendered inactive.

The extent or duration of the electric current may be predetermined by adjusting the weights 55.

The check' controlled mechanism 61 em bodies a casing having the check entrance opening 63 and a check slot or passage 68, having'a check carrier 69 operating therein and provided with a check seat 70. This check seat is adapted to be brought into register with the entrance opening 63 so as to receive the check, and convey it when the carrier 69 is rotated, through the check passage or slot. I

In order to lock the check carrier and the operating handle 62 against operation until a check of the proper character is deposited into the seat 70, a locking device is provided, which preferably consists of a body portion 71 arranged in such a manner as to be yieldabl'y supported. This element 71 is provided' with a head 72 which projects normally into the check slot or passage and the head is provided with a beveled surface 73 and an abrupt surface 74, which latter unyieldingly en ages the wall of the check seat to lock the check carrier against forward movement, while the beveled surface 73, is adapted to be engaged by a check inserted into the check seat to shift the element 71 and release thecarrier to permit a forward rotation thereof.

' The head 72 and beveled surface :73 are also so constructed that the shifting of the head and the releasing of the check carrier will be controlled by the size of the check inserted into the check seat. I

All of the mechanism thus described is mounted upon and supported by the support 15, which latter constitutes a closure for a casing 75, and into which casing the mechanism projects, so that when the support 15 is removed or detached from the casing, all of the mechanism will be removed therewith.

It will be seen that the escapement lever is counterbalanced by the weights 55, and by thus counterbalancing the lever, the mechanism may be held in any position and still'the parts will maintain an operating condition and will operate freely in any position to which the mechanism has been moved.

What is claimed as new is l. A machine of the character described, embodying an electric circuit, a shiftable handle included in the circuit, a make and actuated means for temporarily maintaining the circuit inactive and for controlling the setting of said motor.

2. A machine of the character described, embodying an electric circuit, a shiftable handle included in the circuit,- a make and break device also included in the circuit, means tending normally to render said make and break device active to complete the circuit, a motor embodying means adapted to render the said make and break device inactive to interruptthe circuit, check actuated means for temporarily maintaining the circuit inactive and for controlling the setting of said motor, and escapement mechanism for controlling, the operation of the motor.

3. A machine of the character described, embodying an electric circuit, a shiftable handle included in the circuit, a make and break device also included in the circuit, means tending normally to render said make and break device active to complete the circuit, a motor embodying means adapted to render said make and break device inactive to interrupt the circuit, check actuated means fortemporarily maintaining the circuit inactive and for controlling the setting of said motor, and escapement mechanism for controlling the operation of the motor,

said escapement mechanism embodying adjustably connected elements for varyingthe speed of operation of the motor.

4. A check controlled electric apparatus embodying a circuit;making and breaking element, means tending normally. to shift the element to render the circuit active, mo-

tor mechanism embodying an element adapted to engage and shift the first recited element to render the circuit inactive, and check controlled means adapted to cooperate with the second recited element to render the latter inactive with respect to the first recited element, the last recited means operating to set the said motor for operation and temporarily maintaining the circuit inactive while the motor is being set.-

5; A check controlled electric apparatus embodying a circuit making and breaking.

element, means tending normally to shift the element to render the circuit active, motor mechanism embodying an element adapted to engage and shift the first recited element 1 to render the circuit inactive, check controlled means adapted to cooperate with the second recited element to render the latter inactive with respect to the first recited element, the'second recited means operating to set the saidmotor for operation and for temporarily maintaining the circuit inactive during the setting of the motor, said motor embodying esc'apement mechanism.

6. A check controlled electric apparatus embodying a circuit making and breaking element, means tending normally to shift the element to render the circuit active, motor mechanism embodying an element adapted to engage and shift the first recited element to render the circuit inactive, check controlled means adapted to cooperate with the second recited element to render the latter inactive with respect to the first recited element the second recited means operating to set the said motor for operation, and for temporarily maintaining the circuit inactive during the setting of the motor, said motor embodying escapement mechanism, the latter embodying means whereby the speed of operation of the motor may be varied.

embodying a circuit making and breaking element, means tending normally to shift the element to render the circuit active, motor mechanism embodying a pivotally mounted element adapted to engage and shift the first recited element against thestress of the first said means torender the circuit inactive, and check controlled means embodying a surface adapted to engage and shift the said pivotally mounted element to render the motor active, the said surface. also operating upon the first recited element to temporarily maintain the circuit inactive.

8. A check controlled electric apparatus embodyinga circuit making and breaking element, means tending normally to shift the element to render the circuit active, mo-

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specificatlon, 1n the presence of subscriblng witnesses, on this tenth day of April,'A. D. 1917 ALFRED n. ANTOINE.

CLARENCE O. TRAVIS.

\Vitnesses FLOYD C. BLACK, L. V. BLACK, E. S'WILLIAMSON.

l. A check controlled electric apparatus 

